Today in Comics History: Gwen Stacy still doesn't know how to use email

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #509 (August 2004), script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils by Mike Deodato, Jr., inks by Joe Pimentel, colors by Matt Milla, letters by Cory Petit

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 22: Batman needs a montage

Panels from Detective Comics #471 (August 1977); script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Marshall Rogers, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by John Workman

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 174: DESTROY!!

Panels from Spider-Man (1990 series) #98 (December 1998), script by Howard Mackie, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings and Liz Agraphiotis
Just for fun, I like to imagine Jonah shouting that something like this:


Splash page from Destroy!! one-shot (November 1986); script, pencils, and inks by Scott McCloud, letters by Bob Lappan

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 21: Bruce's Parents Are Killed by The Crisis '76

Panels from The Legion (2001 series) #29 (March 2004); script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, pencils by Chris Batista, inks by Chip Wallace and Robin Riggs, colors by Sno Cone, letters by Rob Leigh

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 173: Meanwhile, at the bright blue headquarters of private detective Simon Stroud, apparently located deep within rural Manhattan

Panels from Marvel Premiere #45 [Man-Wolf] (December 1978), script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Frank Giacoia, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Diana Albers

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 20: Batman is haunted from beyond the grave by his beard

Panels from Batman Annual (2012 series) #4 (November 2015); script by James Tynion IV, pencils and inks by Roge Antonio, colors by Dave McCaig, letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History: Blur play "There's No Other Way"

Panel from "Blurred" in Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #1 (August 2015); script by Kieron Gillen; pencils, inks, and letters by Clayton Cowles, colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick
See? Told ya.

Hey, here they are again!


Thanks, Blur! We'll see you next June 20th. Or, next week in the discount bin at FYE.

Happy Summer! Here's your big summer annual crossover.

Panels from Ambush Bug Nothing Special #1 (September 1992), plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, script by Robert Loren Fleming, inks by Al Gordon, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 172: Maximum PWNage

Panels from Spider-Man Unlimited #21 (August 1998), script by Christopher Golden, pencils by Mike Deodato, Jr., inks by Joe Pimentel, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Jack Morelli

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 19: The night Joe Chill ran in spirals

Panels from Batman Adventures (2003 series) #17 (October 2004); script by Ty Templeton, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by Terry Beatty, colors by Heroic Age, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History: Only seven more shopping days until Crime Alleymas

Panels from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (February 2016), script by James Tynion IV, pencils and inks by Freddie Williams II, colors by Jeremy Colwell, letters by Tom Napolitano
Hey, what's this Intimidator suit that is being referenced oh-so-casually in the middle panel? Could it possibly be a hybrid Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle armored suit, by any chance?

Eh, probably not.

(Stay tuned!)

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 171: Bad Wolf

Hey, Happy Father's Day, Jonah!


Panels from Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3 (1981), script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Jim Sherman, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Diana Albers

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 18: This isn't a contest, Bruce

Panels from Detective Comics #621 (September 1990); script by Alan Grant, layouts by Norm Breyfogle, finishes by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 170: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 17: A Flashback Within a Flashback

Panel from Nightwing (2011 series) #30 (July 2014); script by Tim Seeley and Tom King, pencils and inks by Javier Garron, letters by Jeromy Cox, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

Today in Comics History: Clark Kent takes Lois Lane to a party...

Panel from Justice League of America (2015 series) #1 (August 2015), script and pencils by Bryan Hitch; inks by Daniel Henriques with Wade von Grawbadger and Andrew Currie, colors by Alex Sinclair with Jeromy Cox, letters by Chris Eliopoulos
...just to keep her from finding out he's Superman.

Panel from Superman: Lois and Clark #4 (March 2016), script by Dan Jurgens, pencils by Lee Weeks and Marco Santucci, inks by Sergio Cariello and Scott Hanna, colors by Jeromy Cox, letters by A Larger World Studios

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 169: [sad trombone]

Panels from Spider-Man: Death and Destiny #3 (October 2000), script and pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Richard Case, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Paul Tutrone

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 16: In her satin pants / Shooting Batman's parents

Panels from The Brave and the Bold #158 (January 1980); script by Gerry Conway; pencils, inks, and letters by Jim Aparo; colors by Jerry Serpe

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 168: Spider-Man broke my fishbowl!

Panels from Spider-Man and Mysterio [The Mysterio Manifesto] #2 (February 2001), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Bob McLeod, colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Dave Sharpe

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 15: Maybe Batman shouldn't have put all those pearls in his mouth before he went swimming

Panels from Detective Comics #701 (September 1996); script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Gloria Vasquez, color separations by Android Images, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 167: Nobody ever listens to Peter Parker

Panels from Deadpool (2013 series) #7 (June 2013), script by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, colors by Val Staples, letters by Joe Sabino

Today in Comics History: Velvet Templeton continues to waste waitress's time

Panels from Velvet #12 (November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 14: Why, that Batman fella was all just a bad dream

Panels from Batman #591 (July 2001); script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Scott McDaniel, inks by Karl Story, colors by Roberta Tewes, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 166: The Late Peter Parker

Panels from Spider-Man (1990 series) #38 (September 1993), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Joe Rosen

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 13: Batman Begins to Begin Beginning

Panels from Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation one-shot (June 2005); script by Scott Beatty, pencils by Kilian Plunkett, inks by Serge Lapointe, colors by José Villarrubia, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 165: Exit, stage left!

Panels from Marvel Knights Spider-Man (2004 series) #17 (October 2005), script by Reginald Hudlin, pencils by Billy Tan, inks by Jonathan Sibal, colors by Avalon and Ian Hannin, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History: Velvet Templeton continues to stalk Charles Bronson

Panel from Velvet #12 (November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 12: Today, more than ever.

Panels from JLA: Act of God #2 (December 2000); script by Doug Moench, pencils by Dave Ross, inks by George Freeman, colors by Ben DiMagmaliw, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Today in Comics History: Velvet Templeton accidentally orders a time of day instead of dessert

Panel from Velvet #12 (November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History: Birthday of Riverdale's favorite teen, Trip Zerdersky

Panels from Archie (2015 series) #5 (February 2016), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Veronica Fish, colors by Andre Szymanowicz and Jen Vaughn, letters by Jack Morelli

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 164: I really hope this story is canon now

Panels from "Civil Wards Part IV: The Final Part" in Spider-Man and Power Pack #4 (April 2007), co-plot and script by Marc Sumerak; co-plot, pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Chris Giarrusso